Include NFO & URL files files in every archive to direct new users to audiofile.

Compressing

Drag a folder of ripped MP3s ("Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse") into the winRAR window. It will produce an archive in the directory it displays in the main pane of its window. This archive will include the folder itself, and thus when someone unpacks it, they will not have loose MP3s.

If you are compressing a FLAC archive, please use the winRAR option "Split to volumes, bytes" which you can set to "ZIP-100 size (98,078k files)." This divides it into files of an easy size which areless likely to fail in downloads.

Amazon links: Each one of these links pays a small amount if a purchase is made after someone clicks the link. To find the Amazon link, use the Amazon search form to find the CD and its price, and append "&tag=darklegions-20" onto the end of the Amazon URL.

Name collisions: If more than one band exists using a name, put them in the same thread, and use "Band Name (Country Code)" for the title, where country code is one of the international domain name codes (SE, US, DE, CH).

Multiple bands: If bands share the same creative personnel, put them together in the same thread (First Name / Second Name).

An early experiment in internet radio, KCUF brought nihilistic death metal, atavistic and romantic black metal, and transcendent ambient soundscapes to the world during the years 1997-1999. Thanks to user kontinual, an archive of the site exists for you to download older shows:

This is not a collector's forum. Collectors want original releases with cover scans, high-bitrate MP3s or FLACs, and they want them for current and commercially available releases.

Are we rippping off artists and/or labels?

We are curators of several genres of the past which need defenders against those who would inundate them with talentless imitations, or obliterate them in a flood of mass media promotion for more commercial music.

As a result, our goal is to get consumers to listen to these relatively obscure recordings and purchase the ones they can enjoy. This both preserves the genre, and creates a "natural selection" where all recordings are heard, but the best are purchased, thus strengthening the genre by rewarding the good and smiting the lesser.

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This is a home page for those who want to download heavy metal / underground metal mp3s. This practice is necessary because mainstream metal is drowning underground metal. Very few people know that these out of print and obscure classics exist, and they're not going to gamble their money on an unknown. Thus our procedure is simple: make them available at moderate bitrates so that people can figure out what they like, and then pass them on to a list of distros we like where they can find these CDs. If they can't buy the CD because it's OOP, we make it available in FLAC so they can burn their own copy. This puts pressure on bands and labels to re-release these cultural classics and keep them alive and in circulation in our culture. If you have any problems with this, you know where to find me. - Spinoza Ray Prozak

We are like your local library, but not limited by budget and physical space: you can check out any item that interests you, but to be fair, you have to return it. In our case, "returning it" means that you buy the actual CD, DVD or LP/EP.

This also keeps unnecessary waste out of the landfill by allowing people to avoid purchasing CDs they would have heard once and thrown out. Ultimately this benefits artists, labels, fans, nature and the art form itself.

Comportment

Uploads

Please, no mainstream or commercial music; we don't want it, and we are not here to rip off bands who make their money from the novelty of their work. We are here to promote the underground.

Reuploads

It is not the "responsibility" of the original uploader to re-upload. If you downloaded something and liked it, take the time to re-archive and re-upload. This also gets you points with regulars here for helping out instead of only downloading.

Comments

If you have comments about bands, start a thread in the Metal sub-forum.

The Audiofile section is for downloads and commentary clutters it up. Especially useless are requests, thank-yous, and one-line comments in the band thread.

Requests

Use the Requests thread to mention which uploads are dead and to request that others re-upload them. Include the URL of the forum topic on which you found the band.